The Fourth Kind (2009)

A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

Director:

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Writers:

Olatunde Osunsanmi (screenplay), Olatunde Osunsanmi (story),

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milla Jovovich	...	Abbey Tyler / Herself
Will Patton	...	Sheriff August
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Awolowa Odusami
Corey Johnson	...	Tommy Fisher
Enzo Cilenti	...	Scott Stracinsky
Elias Koteas	...	Abel Campos
Eric Loren	...	Deputy Ryan
Mia McKenna-Bruce	...	Ashley Tyler
Raphaël Coleman	...	Ronnie Tyler
Daphne Alexander	...	Theresa
Alisha Seaton	...	Cindy Stracinski
Tyne Rafaeli	...	Sarah Fisher
Paul Stefanov	...	Timothy Fisher (as Pavel Stefanov)
Kiera McMaster	...	Joe Fisher
Sara Houghton	...	Jessica

Storyline

In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. Modern-day, Alaska, where-mysteriously since the 1960s-a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses. Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | alaska | owl | abduction | hypnosis | 

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Taglines:

There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

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Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Aboriginal

Release Date:

6 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Contactos de cuarto tipo

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£851,476 (UK) (6 November 2009)

Gross:

$25,464,480 (USA) (1 January 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Gold Circle Films, Chambara Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The habitual soundtrack used for the ending credits of the movies is changed by diverse audio tracks where people call a "UFO reporting center" explaining their sightings.

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Goofs

Early in the movie (approximately 9 minutes) Abbey is flying a plane over mountains and approaches a town that is labeled "Nome, Alaska." The town is surrounded by vast mountain ranges and lush greenery. Satellite images of Nome Alaska from Google Maps show no elevation or mountain ranges anywhere near the Nome. The Google Maps images also show a very large airport and runways to the north west of Nome which should be visible when Abbey is flying over what was labeled Nome. The airport/runways are not there in the movie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Abbey Tyler: I'm actress Milla Jovovich, and I will be portraying Dr. Abigail Tyler in The Fourth Kind. This film is a dramatization of events that occurred October 1st through the 9th of 2000, in the Northern Alaskan town of Nome. To better explain the events of this story, the director has included actual archived footage throughout the film. This footage was acquired from Nome psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler, who has personally documented over 65 hours of video and audio materials during the ...

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Crazy Credits

Over the closing credits; there are a series of radio interviews with eyewitness to close encounters of the first to fourth kind

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob Movie (2012)

User Reviews

For those who thought Chariots of the Gods was a work of nonfiction

Designed for the gullible and the easily impressed, "The Fourth Kind" (as in "Close Encounters of …") is an alien-abduction tale that is long on gimmickry and contrivance and short on credibility and suspense.

Milla Jovovich plays a hypnotherapist in Nome, Alaska, who, in 2000, allegedly discovered that some mighty strange things had begun happening to the residents of the town, incidents very possibly extraterrestrial in nature. The movie mixes re-enactments of the events at the time with audio and video recordings purportedly showing us actual, first-hand accounts of those events – although anytime anything of any real interest or significance starts to occur, the sound and images conveniently go to static.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, this warmed-over serving of "Chariots of the Gods" foolishness – combining ancient Sumerian dialects with invasive body-cavity probing – is strictly for the tin-foil hat crowd.